SAFROLE Project

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Sassafras Rich Oil (SRO)SAFROLELocated mainly in the Cardamons mountains forestAs an environmental crimeExtraction of SRO involves illegal logging as the harvesting of the Mreas Prov trees is illegalResponse?As a drug crimeSRO

Informed and capable specialized law enforcement officials on forestry-related crimes

Mechanisms established to promote cooperation between law enforcement and the judiciary on forestry-related crimes

Enhanced national capacities to safely dispose SROs and dismantle labs

Local communities empoweredStrengthening the Response Against Exploitation of Forestry Resources through Organized Law EnforcementObjective:June 2008: 1,278 barrels of sassafras oil destroyed in Pursat province. The haul would have produced an estimated 245 million Ecstasy tablets

with a street value of $7.6 billion. June 2009: 142 barrels of sassafras oil, enough to produce 44 million tablets of Ecstasy with a total street value of $1.2 billion.May 2012: second largest largest haul in the country - 4,000 litres of SRO, enough to manufacture about 30 million ecstasy pills with a total street value of $1.3 billion (=10% of Cambodia’s GDP)6 clandestine laboratories dismantledolivier.lermet@unodc.orgOlivier Lermet, Country Manager4 substantial Mreas Prov trees are required to make one 40-gallon barrel of SRO. The roots of the tree are shredded and boiled to extract the oil which is then distilled over heat for up to 12 hours. To heat the roots to boil, large amounts of forest wood is required and increasing mountain regions are being stripped of trees.Approximately 380 kilograms of pure safrole are required to produce 100 kilograms of MDMA